Wired
Getting the future right is now big business. But at a festival in Berkeley, forecasters worry that sports markets could take the whole industry down.
Wired
Even if peace holds up between the US and Iran, oil prices aren’t going back down to where they were any time soon.
The Guardian Culture
From one hostile environment to another, the documentaries and dramas ranging from Nigeria and Syria to British immigration give vivid life to an experience that can feel very remoteAs World Refugee Day approaches on Saturday, this year’s Refugee Week offers a multitude of events taking place across the UK, including a film festival that takes audiences from Ain el-Helweh – Lebanon’s largest refugee camp for Palestinians – in Mahdi Fleifel’s A World Not Ours and to an immigration removal centre
Bloomberg Markets
A £300 million ($396 million) portfolio of mortgages linked to collapsed lender Market Financial Solutions Ltd. looks to never have been registered with public property records, according to court filings, threatening to complicate lenders’ efforts to establish their claims over the underlying assets.
NY Times World
Israel and Hezbollah traded new strikes in southern Lebanon, as Switzerland said it had postponed a round of U.S.-Iran talks previously set for Friday.
BBC World
It comes a day after the US and Iran signed a deal to end their conflict, including fighting in Lebanon.
Variety
Most able-bodied people don’t know what to say to 23-year-old Vera (Lucia Zemene) in the months following a traffic collision that left her without a leg, but one empty platitude really stands out: A friend suggests that maybe it happened for a reason. Haunted by this thought, she eventually asks a fellow young wheelchair user […]
The Guardian
Prime minister suggests he will not ‘walk away’ despite Burnham’s comfortable victory in Makerfield byelectionUK politics – live updatesHow quickly could Burnham become PM?Keir Starmer has said he will stand in a Labour leadership contest should one be triggered after Andy Burnham’s decisive victory in the Makerfield byelection, adding he will not “walk away”.The prime minister’s comments follow Burnham’s victory with 55% of the vote in Makerfield. In his victory speech, Burnham said the result
BBC Politics
Housing minister Steve Reed recalled previous Conservative leadership contests.
Bloomberg Markets
European natural gas prices have mostly fallen since a US-Iran peace accord started to take shape this week, but the drop has done little to improve the economics of storing fuel for winter as analysts continue to expect a tight market.
Variety
Chinese filmmakers are struggling with bureaucratic hurdles and different audience expectations in international co-productions, according to panelists at a “Belt and Road” discussion at SIFForum, the Shanghai International Film Festival’s industry dialogue sessions. Yan Peng, deputy general manager of state-owned Huaxia Film Distribution suggested major regulatory and copyright issues impact Chinese producers seeking co-productions abroad. […]
NY Times Business
Shipping companies hoping to get their stranded vessels out face complications like mines and the lack of clear coordination.